Confederation of European Baseball

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

CEB Executive Committee names heads and members of Commissions for 2017-2020

CEB Executive Committee names heads and members of Commissions for 2017-2020

PRESS RELEASE – March 29, 2017

CEB names heads of commissions for 2017-2020

CEB
Executive Committee also opens the door for the creation of a Handicap
commission

Zagreb, Croatia. Meeting for the
second time since the elective Congress of February 4, 2017 in Belgrade,
Serbia, the new Board of the European Baseball Confederation has named members
and heads of commissions for the 2017-2020 period.

Fred VAN GRONINGEN SCHINKEL will take over fellow Dutchman Paul
BOKERN duties as head of the Umpire
Commission. Other members are Ludo PEETERS (BEL) and Marco SCRETI (ITA).

With Pablo CARPIO (SPA) staying
in the Scoring Commission, it’s Linda STEIJGER (NED) who will now head
the commission. Stephanie WINKLER (GER) is the third member.

Sweden’s Petr STROM and Lars SUNDIN
will respectively keep heading the Anti-Doping
and Legal Commissions, as well as René LAFORCE (BEL) the Financial Commission. France’s François COLLET will head the Communication & Marketing Commission.

The Executive Committee also
opened the door to the creation of a Handicap
Commission following the recent development of blind-baseball in Europe
highlighted by the Mole Cup which gather clubs from Italy, Germany and France
every year.